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We stop for wildflowers! And to “send” today’s flowers to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, with gratitude for their March 2 and March 5 donations—so helpful and appreciated! How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations
#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #California #wildflowers #SpringFlowers
![Warrior's Plume or Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume) [edited from "Indian paintbrush” — thanks Nancy and Kathleen!] growing along a Monterey County roadside.](/proxy/post_attachment/234418/e9ad0744ceb17994fac3d1f36c7a34f7.jpeg "Warrior's Plume or Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume) [edited from \"Indian paintbrush” — thanks Nancy and Kathleen!] growing along a Monterey County roadside.")
![Our bicycle is momentarily parked at the side of a Monterey County roadside so we can get a closer look at the burgundy colored "Indian paintbrush” [sic] growing along the opposite side of the road. Thanks to Nancy and Kathleen, we now know it’s actually Warrior's Plume
Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume). We learn something new every day! :)](/proxy/post_attachment/234419/edd82e33cbfb1e0d594c624732ee5f09.jpeg "Our bicycle is momentarily parked at the side of a Monterey County roadside so we can get a closer look at the burgundy colored \"Indian paintbrush” [sic] growing along the opposite side of the road. Thanks to Nancy and Kathleen, we now know it’s actually Warrior's Plume
Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume). We learn something new every day! :)")
![Pink wildflowers—whose name we’re not remembering — growing along a Monterey County roadside. [Edit - We now know it’s “probably wood mint,” thanks to Nancy’s help.]](/proxy/post_attachment/234420/fb4753120d0af74fde703ace175a8f27.jpeg "Pink wildflowers—whose name we’re not remembering — growing along a Monterey County roadside. [Edit - We now know it’s “probably wood mint,” thanks to Nancy’s help.]")
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Monterey County Weekly / Monterey County Now, July 30 - Aug 5, 2026 issue
https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/index.html.
Cover story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss
“Road Share: Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?" pages 18-22 https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/18/.
Note on pg 22 "More Coverage: CalBike advocates for a universal definition of e-bikes,” with CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey. https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/22/
#MontereyCounty #MontereyBay #California #CalBike #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #TrafficSafety #infrastructure #transportation #cycling #biking #ActiveTransportation #BikeAdvocacy #VisionZero #ebikes #ebike #ElectricBicycles #eMotorcycles #cyclists #pedestrians #PeopleForBikes #MontereyCountyNow
Oh look, that's a bike trailer I haven't seen before.
Our sympathy to the family and friends of Linda Theresse Munoz of Salinas.
Linda suffered fatal injuries after being struck on her bicycle by a truck, and then by two additional vehicles, while biking in Salinas on March 14.
We have no details on this collision so can’t comment about the circumstances except to say: #KSBW’s report https://www.ksbw.com/article/bicyclist-struck-killed-salinas-california/70760894 mentions she was biking “in dark clothing.” High visibility apparel is not required by law, and while we do suggest it (https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/more-bicycle-safety-gear), being visible can’t protect you from drivers who are texting, speeding, under the influence, etc.—as we experienced and pointed out last week https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/116219787478611800.
We don’t know if Linda’s bicycle had the equipment required by California law for biking in the dark (see #9 in our Calif bike law summary https://bikemonterey.org/wp-content/uploads/Bike-law-summary-2025.pdf).
#MontereyCounty #FatalCollisions #Salinas #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #TrafficSafety
Come stay at our campsite, you might never leave.
https://faehrhaus-hodorf.de/
#BikeTooter #Photography
https://faehrhaus-hodorf.de/
#BikeTooter #Photography
Bij de schapen 🐑 op bezoek geweest #nature #outdoors #photography #biketooter
Vanaf de Bakker 👩🍳 doorgefietst het weer is nog zo mooi #nature #outdoors #photography #bikeTooter
I wish #PostNL made bicycle postage stamps. I can print my own for a fee, but it would be nice to see more bike culture represented in everyday #Dutch art.
🚲❤️ cathytuttle.nl
Ik zou willen PostNL postzegels met fietsen. Het zou leuk zijn om meer fietscultuur terug te zien in alledaagse Nederlandse kunst.
We stop for wildflowers! And to “send” these flowers from our April 3 ride to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, with gratitude for their April 2 and April 5 donations—deeply appreciated!
How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations
#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #California #wildflowers #SpringFlowers
If you love biking and can be in Monterey County April 16-19, and/or in Sacramento April 23-24, you’ll likely want to attend these very special events. https://bikemonterey.org/2026/04
#SeaOtterClassic #CaliforniaBicycleSummit #CaliforniaBicycleCoalition #CalBike #Monterey #Sacto #cycling #BikeTooter
“On Two Wheels” perspectives from #MontereyCountyNow / Monterey County Weekly readers Bob Hays, Ben Curtis, Ryan James Miller, and Trish Sullivan https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-08-13-26/article_8a953080-bd5a-47ba-8b06-8f4d00adccc3.html, in response to “Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?” July 30-Aug. 5 cover story by Aric Sleeper https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2026.html#MCW2026-CoverStory.
#BikeAdvocacy #transportation #infrastructure #ActiveTransport #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty
Since 2009 we do all our bike advocacy work on less than a shoestring budget! https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors
What’s up with this stash of items in our Youth Center bike tech instructor Frank Henderson’s pannier? Find out in our Summer edition of Bike Buzz, out today: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2026.html
#MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BikeTooter #BikesOfMastadon #BikesOfFediverse #cycling #biking #YoudBeHappierBiking
April 16-19, 2026: Sea Otter Classic in Monterey County! People come from dozens of countries to this annual celebration of cycling, which boasts over 9,000 athletes and 74,000 fans. For glimpses of SOC history, plus how to get free admission, see https://bikemonterey.org/april-16-19-2026-sea-otter-classic-in-monterey-county.html.
#cycling #biking #SeaOtterClassic #MontereyCounty #BikeTooter
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NEW: "Fine, We're Doing a Helmet Episode."
After New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a social media video showing him listening to concerned citizens and deciding to wear a bicycle helmet, social media exploded. What is it about the mere mention of bicycle helmets that causes the conversation about bike safety to go off the rails? What are we talking about—or not talking about—when we're talking about helmets?
https://podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/fine-were-doing-a-helmet-episode/id1437755068?i=1000788446973
I am so 100% serious about this: putting little streamers on my bike handlebars has made drivers approximately a million times less asshole. They wait behind me when I’m going up a hill. They let me turn left. They give me space when passing. It’s genuinely bonkers how much nicer it’s made my experience of urban cycling.
Heartfelt thanks to the first September donors: @Kleen, @Weather_Rock_Wx, Kathleen Ageton, Sandra Laney,
Frank Henderson - for their donations on Sept 2, 5, 7, 12, 14.
https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors
Each one so appreciated, even more than usual because of all the time and energy it has taken us to make essential tech upgrades to the Bicycling Monterey website this month, which was coupled with the first site redesign in 17 years!
#cycling #BikeAdvocacy #gratitude #BikeTooter #biking #MontereyCounty #ActOnClimate #ActiveTransportation #MontereyBay #BikeCalifornia #CaliforniaBikeAdvocates
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Heerlijk om dit onderweg tegen te komen, de kat 🐈 relaxen in het zonnetje #catsofmastodon #outdoors #photography #bikeTooter
Posta Santiglia
A "posta" is an ancient rural structure, often isolated or close to the farmhouses, which served as a shelter for flocks (with sheds and porches) and evolved into buildings for the processing of dairy products and the winter lodging of shepherds during the transhumance, becoming self-sufficient for prolonged periods, connected to the larger complexes of the farmhouses.
#BikeTouring #discover #italy #CenturiesOld #architecture
#explore #countryside #old #RuralLife #biking
#cycling #GravelBike #mtb #photography
#abandoned #building #decay
#BikeTooter #BikeLeans #bike
A "posta" is an ancient rural structure, often isolated or close to the farmhouses, which served as a shelter for flocks (with sheds and porches) and evolved into buildings for the processing of dairy products and the winter lodging of shepherds during the transhumance, becoming self-sufficient for prolonged periods, connected to the larger complexes of the farmhouses.
#BikeTouring #discover #italy #CenturiesOld #architecture
#explore #countryside #old #RuralLife #biking
#cycling #GravelBike #mtb #photography
#abandoned #building #decay
#BikeTooter #BikeLeans #bike
I still have quite a few kilometers to go before reaching today’s destination, and there’s never enough time. Still, I decide to spend five minutes walking through this small town.
Although it’s located inland, Loseto is currently a neighborhood of Bari, in the Puglia region of southeastern Italy.
To enter the historic center, you must pass through the monumental gate. The plaque, inscribed in Latin, reads: “To God, the Highest and Greatest. O traveler, this town you now see was once an ancient and barren heap of rubble. But, once the church was built, numerous houses were constructed, an olive press was erected, and the uncultivated lands were tilled, the excellent gentleman Francesco De Ruggiero offered a sacred place to the Church, a home to the inhabitants, a comfortable livelihood to those who harvest olives, wealth to the farmers, and beauty to the entire town. Realizing that now only a gate was missing, he also added the gate. In the year of salvation 1778.”
Once through the gate, you find yourself in the square where the church of San Giorgio Martire was built. Then cycle down an alley to reach the baronial castle.
The building stands on the foundations of an older outpost from the Norman-Swabian era.
The current structure was rebuilt and expanded primarily during the 15th century. In the 16th century, Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland and Duchess of Bari, donated the fiefdom of Loseto to her courtier Giosuè de Ruggiero. His descendants retained ownership and made radical alterations in 1764, transforming the medieval fortress into a two-story baronial palace with a pentagonal floor plan.
#BikeTouring #discover #italy #CenturiesOld #architecture
#explore #biking
#cycling #photography
#BikeTooter #BikeLeans #bike
Although it’s located inland, Loseto is currently a neighborhood of Bari, in the Puglia region of southeastern Italy.
To enter the historic center, you must pass through the monumental gate. The plaque, inscribed in Latin, reads: “To God, the Highest and Greatest. O traveler, this town you now see was once an ancient and barren heap of rubble. But, once the church was built, numerous houses were constructed, an olive press was erected, and the uncultivated lands were tilled, the excellent gentleman Francesco De Ruggiero offered a sacred place to the Church, a home to the inhabitants, a comfortable livelihood to those who harvest olives, wealth to the farmers, and beauty to the entire town. Realizing that now only a gate was missing, he also added the gate. In the year of salvation 1778.”
Once through the gate, you find yourself in the square where the church of San Giorgio Martire was built. Then cycle down an alley to reach the baronial castle.
The building stands on the foundations of an older outpost from the Norman-Swabian era.
The current structure was rebuilt and expanded primarily during the 15th century. In the 16th century, Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland and Duchess of Bari, donated the fiefdom of Loseto to her courtier Giosuè de Ruggiero. His descendants retained ownership and made radical alterations in 1764, transforming the medieval fortress into a two-story baronial palace with a pentagonal floor plan.
#BikeTouring #discover #italy #CenturiesOld #architecture
#explore #biking
#cycling #photography
#BikeTooter #BikeLeans #bike
Friend of mine asked me on a bike ride, we thought we'd take a shorter route but were both feeling up for a long haul this morning so managed about 30km (18.6 miles) round trip which is the longest we've done together.
I actually managed to go the route without needing to ask for a long break to catch my breath and got to cruise along some uppy downy roads to appreciate beautiful views :) Better bike and practice definitely helping.
Castello di Monteserico
-Genzano di Lucania. Basilicata. Italy-
#BikeTouring #discover #italy #CenturiesOld #architecture
#explore #countryside #old #RuralLife #biking
#cycling #GravelBike #mtb #photography
#castle #building #landscape #view #hills
#BikeTooter #BikeLeans #bike
-Genzano di Lucania. Basilicata. Italy-
#BikeTouring #discover #italy #CenturiesOld #architecture
#explore #countryside #old #RuralLife #biking
#cycling #GravelBike #mtb #photography
#castle #building #landscape #view #hills
#BikeTooter #BikeLeans #bike
